Search Results - "Rech, Jason A"
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Radiocarbon dating of small terrestrial gastropod shells in North America
Published in Quaternary geochronology (01-10-2010)“…Fossil shells of small terrestrial gastropods are commonly preserved in wetland, alluvial, loess, and glacial deposits, as well as in sediments at many…”
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Evolution of Chaka Salt Lake in NW China in response to climatic change during the Latest Pleistocene–Holocene
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-04-2008)“…The Late Pleistocene and Holocene hydrologic balance of Chaka Salt Lake in the eastern Qaidam Basin of NW China was studied based on the analysis of…”
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A global review of beaver dam impacts: Stream conservation implications across biomes
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-09-2022)“…Beaver are recolonizing previously occupied regions, expanding into new territories, and increasingly being introduced and protected for stream conservation…”
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Endolithic cyanobacteria in soil gypsum: Occurrences in Atacama (Chile), Mojave (United States), and Al-Jafr Basin (Jordan) Deserts
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences (01-06-2007)“…Soil sulfates are present in arid and hyperarid environments on Earth and have been found to be abundant in soils on Mars. Examination of soil gypsum from the…”
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Early Upper Paleolithic chronology in the Levant: new ABOx-SC accelerator mass spectrometry results from the Mughr el-Hamamah Site, Jordan
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-08-2015)“…Methodological developments and new paleoanthropological data remain jointly central to clarifying the timing and systemic interrelationships between the…”
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Accumulation of impact markers in desert wetlands and implications for the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-05-2012)“…The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis contends that an extraterrestrial object exploded over North America at 12.9 ka, initiating the Younger Dryas cold event,…”
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Desert wetlands in the geologic record
Published in Earth-science reviews (01-05-2014)“…Desert wetlands support flora and fauna in a variety of hydrologic settings, including seeps, springs, marshes, wet meadows, ponds, and spring pools. Over…”
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Nitrate, perchlorate, and iodate co-occur in coastal and inland deserts on Earth
Published in Chemical geology (28-11-2016)“…Deserts accumulate soluble salts from atmospheric deposition that impact human health, are a source of nutrients for organisms, and provide insight into how…”
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Soils at the hyperarid margin: The isotopic composition of soil carbonate from the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
Published in Geochimica et cosmochimica acta (01-08-2007)“…We evaluate the impact of exceptionally sparse plant cover (0–20%) and rainfall (2–114 mm/yr) on the stable carbon and oxygen composition of soil carbonate…”
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Evidence for the development of the Andean rain shadow from a Neogene isotopic record in the Atacama Desert, Chile
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (01-04-2010)“…Varying ages from Triassic to Pliocene have been proposed for the onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert. The exact timing for the initiation of…”
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Isotopic evidence for the source of Ca and S in soil gypsum, anhydrite and calcite in the Atacama Desert, Chile
Published in Geochimica et cosmochimica acta (15-02-2003)“…The origin of pedogenic salts in the Atacama Desert has long been debated. Possible salt sources include in situ weathering at the soil site, local sources…”
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An evaluation of Mesodon and other larger terrestrial gastropod shells for dating late Holocene and historic alluvium in the Midwestern USA
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (01-07-2013)“…Understanding the history of stream erosion and changes in channel morphology is important for managing and restoring unstable streams. One of the significant…”
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Re-evaluation of mid-Holocene deposits at Quebrada Puripica, northern Chile
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (15-05-2003)“…During the middle Holocene (8–3 ka), wetland deposits accumulated in areas with emergent water tables in the central Atacama Desert (22–24°S), producing a…”
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Uncertainties in the oxygen isotopic composition of barium sulfate induced by coprecipitation of nitrate
Published in Rapid communications in mass spectrometry (15-10-2008)“…Coprecipitation of nitrate and sulfate by barium has probably resulted in significant error in numerous studies dealing with the oxygen isotopic composition of…”
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Raw Material Quality and Prepared Core Technologies in Northeast Asia
Published in Journal of archaeological science (01-03-2000)“…The design and assembly of lithic toolkits is mediated by a number of factors including the abundance and quality of raw materials available. In general, low…”
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The influence of slope aspect on soil weathering processes in the Springerville volcanic field, Arizona
Published in Catena (Giessen) (01-02-2001)“…A comparison was made between soils on north- and south-facing slopes of six cinder cones in the Springerville volcanic field (SVF), Arizona, in order to…”
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New uses for old laboratory techniques: How radiocarbon dating of mortar and plaster could change the chronology of the ancient near east
Published in Near Eastern archaeology (2004)“…In the ancient Near East, floors, walls, roads, aqueducts and even art were constructed of mortar and plaster. Lime cements were used to make everything from…”
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New Uses for Old Laboratory Techniques
Published in Near Eastern archaeology (01-12-2004)“…Mortar and plaster were used extensively in the ancient Near East to construct floors, walls, roads, aqueducts and even to create art. As a result, these…”
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Massive middle Miocene gypsic paleosols in the Atacama Desert and the formation of the Central Andean rain-shadow
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (15-01-2019)“…The Central Andes of South America are one of the highest and broadest mountain ranges on earth and have a profound influence on climate in the Southern…”
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Late Pleistocene human occupation of the hyperarid core in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-10-2013)“…Few archeological sites in South America contain uncontroversial evidence for when the first peopling of the continent occurred. Largely ignored in this…”
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